26.7% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seymour · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seymour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and military service make Seymour (Tas.) stand out compared to most other similar areas. About 26.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong quarter of the community volunteers at 26.7%, a result that is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 36.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—those caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 13.3%.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is very common here, with 11.4% of people having served, which is well above the 2.8% average for Australia.
11.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Seymour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60596/seymour/topic/community